Ship-loading apparatus.



.PATPNTBD AUG. 1A, 1906. G. H. HULETT. SHIP LOADING APPARATUS.-

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SHIP LOADING APPARATUS.

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G. H. HULETT. SHIP LOADING APPARATUS.

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GEORGE H. HULETT, OE CLEVELAND, OHIO, AssIGNOR TO THE WELL.- iiiAN-sEAvEa-MOEGAN COMPANY, OE CLEVELAND, OHIO.

SHIP-LOADING APPAHATUQ.

i others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.. l

My invention relates to an improved shiploading apparatus, and more particularly to a fuelingapparatus for steamships, the object of the lnvention being to 'provideimproveniente of this character having a continuous horizontal conveyer capable of lonitudinal and vertical adjustment to enable t e conveyer to be placed in position to direct coal, ore, or other material into any part of a ship without interference with rigging, s ars, funnels and other parts of the ship above ecl: and` the -invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of arts, as will be more fully hereinafter descri ed, and pointed out in the claims. f I

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aview in elevation illustrating my improvements. Fig. 2 is a view in elevation taken at right an les to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan view. view in side `elevation of the dumping conveyer and frametherefor. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a view in crosss'ection of Fig. 5, and Fig. 7 is-an enlarged view in cross-section ofthe inclined conveyer and hopper for directing material thereinto. Fig. 8 is a view'showing the vertically-movable frame 18, the carriageQO,

conveyer 7, and means for Operating the saine. Fig 3 is a diagrarnmatical view showing 'tl coni'oyer/v, conveyerefranie, and carriage 1 represents boat or ,'Iloat, onwhich my improvements are mounted, or the same may he upon a dock or other ixed support, and I do not wish to Arestrict myself to the boat or float4 carried loading apparatus, but' consider myself at liberty to mount the same upon any suitabie support.

2 represents a Steamship beside the lloa-t 1 l to receive fuel or other material therefrom, which ie taken from a loaded barge 3'bes1de Specification of Letters Patent.

. Application filed June 2K3. 1904. Serial No. 213,837.

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" oat 1 or from a pile beside or'on the dock or from any other source of supply. t

An open framework A is'provided on float 1 and is constructed to support an ordinary excavating-bucket 4 to remove the fuel or other material from barge '3 and deposit it into a hopper 5 on oat 2, and said hopper is adapted to direct the material into an inclined conveyer 6 for carrying the same up to and depositing it onto my improved adjust-4 able horizontal conveyer 7, as will be more fully hereinafter explained.'

The conveyer 7 com rises an endless belt, mounted to run on rol ers 8 at the end of a frame 9, and said conveyer is supported at intermediate oints by idle rollers y10, arranged in the ormation shown to give to the upper member of the conveyer a trou h-like shape to more eiectually. hold material deoslted thereon. -The frame 9 is rovided at its upper and lower edges with c annel-iron bars 11 to run on rollers 12, supported in a carriage 20, and facilitate the inward and outward movement of the conveyer-frameand lvertically-movableframe 18, and said carriage is provided with wheels 21 to run on trackways 22, secured to the frame 18a.

The conveyer-belt between the ends of its lower member passes over two idle rollers 13 and dow-n below a drive-roller I4, secured on a iieXible shaft 15, having 'a beveled gear 16 thereon, to which'nrotion is transmitted by a' beveled pinion 17 on a shaft 18, supported in the vertically-movable frame 18n and having a grooved pulley 20UL thereon, to which mo tion in transmitted by a rope or cable-strap 20', on which the up and down.

When it is desired to move the conveyer 7 'inward or Outward., the conveyer-belt isv locked'to either. of the rollers in any a i proved manner and drive-roller latturned in the proper direction, thereby drawingthe conve er-frame into` the carriage 2O and main ame Afor projecting it outward over or into the shi as the case may be. One way in which t e conveyer 7 can be locked to one of the rollers 8, to cause .the operationof the conveyer 7 to move the conveyer-frame pulley has free adjustment loo' longitudinally is shown in Fig. 9. A lever 1 a is pivoted to the frame 9 of conveyer]y and carries a brakeheb-mi lf3-.made to engage the conveyer and clamp it to the roller at the end of the conveyer-frame. Asegnient I c is provided to be engaged by a dog d on the lever to hold the brake-shoe against the conveyer andpreventfit moving over theroller. When the conveyer is thus locked or clamped to the roller on'theconveyer-frame and the driving mechanism of the conveyer isv operated, the renvoyer-frame Will1be made to move longitudinally as the conveyer is prevented from moving over the roller on said frame.

The vertically-movable frame 18a is supported by cables 25, passed over sheaves at the top of main frame i, thence down over drums 25 in the bottom of iioatl and ccntrolled by any approved. forni of motor, which permits the frame carrying the carriage and eonveyer to be raised and. lowered to any height desired to exactly position the conveyor 7 to direct the material into the hold of a ship.

The conveyer 6above referred to, comprises 'a rectangular casing 27, neath the hopper 5 n ends and provided with suitable mechanism,

y adjustment of the latter,

such as a cable or gearing properly connected with the hinged portion of the conveyer-casing, to raise and lovver the hinged end or por- I tion of the casing to exactly position the same over the conveyer 7 regardless of the and in said casing is a scraper-chain construction 28, v movable around suitable rollers at the ends (j the conveyer-casing andl adapted to draw the material deposited in the casing bythe hopper up through the casing to a discharge-opening e therein over conveyer 7, and a series of these openings e are provided having closures to permit any one to be opened as may be necessary to discharge the material onto conveyer 7. I V

Other mechanism may be provided fordelivering the material onto conveyor 7, and a great many changes 'and alterations might be made in the general form and arrangement `of 'parts described without departing from my invention. Hence I do not rest-riot my self to the precise details set forth, but con- Sider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is` v 1. In a loading apparatus, the iombination with framewor ofa carriage movable horizontally in said framework, a horizontal endless conveyer having its frame movable tlnovilgut V'the carriage' at right angles to the .line of Ytravel of the latter, and driving means cooperating with said endless conveyer toA operate the same or move it bodily endwise.

21 In a loading apparatus, the combina-- tion with a supporting-frame, 'of a contint-ically, a hopper,

nous horizontal conveyer thereon, means for adjusting the saine longitudinally and verand conve yer receiving material from the hopper and depositing it on the horizontal conveyer at any adjustment of the latter. I

3. In a loading apparatus, the combination With a supporting-framacf a horizontal conveyor-frame mounted to move longitudinally thereon, a belt conveyer on the conveyer-frame turning over rollers at the ends of the convey'er-frame, a drive-roller for said belt and adapted to' move the. conveyerframe and conveyer longitudinally -When the belt is locked to either of the endrrollers and the drive-roller is turned.

4. In a loading apparatus, the combination Wi th a supporting-frame, of a verticallymovable frame supported thereon, and a longitudinally-movable horizontal conveyer on said vertically-movable frame. o

5. In a loading apparatus, the combination With a supporting-frame, of a verticallyextending bemovable frame supported thereon, a laterallyand hinged between its movable carriage on said vertically-movable frame, and a continuous horizontal conveyer mounted tov be adjusted longitudinally'in said carriage. f l

6. In a loading apparatus, the combination wi th a supporting-frame, of a verticallymovable frame supported thereon, means for adjusting said last-mentioned frame vertically, a -lat@rally-movable carriage on said vertically-mova-ble frame, a longitudinallyadjustable horizontal conveyer supported by said carriage, a hopper, and a conveyer adapted to receive material from the hopper and carry it to the horizontal conveyer.

7. In a ship fueling or loading apparatus., the combination with a float adapted to be located beside the ship, a supporting-frame on said float, a horizontal conveye'r on said ame, means for adjusting the conveyer longitud inally and vertically, and means for taking fuel or material from a barge beside the iioat and depositing it onto 'said confveyerl 8. In a loading apparatus, the combination With a supporting-frame,l of a horizontal conveyer-frame having longitudinal movement on said supporting-frame, a belt conveyer movable around rollers at the ends of IOO IIO

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the conveyer-irame, a drive-roller below the horizontal plane of the lower belt-section and around. which the belt is passed, idle rollers on opposite sidesol the drive-roller in a horizontal plane above the same, and said driveroller adapted, when the belt is locked to either of the end rollers, to move the conveyer longitudinally, when the drive-roller is turned.

9. In a loading apparatus, thel combinai tion With a supporting-frame, of a verticallymovable frame thereon, a horizontal conveyer-frame havlng roller-mounting suporting the same on the vertically-movable specification in the presence of two subscribrame, a belt. cbnveyer on said conveyer- I ing Witnesses. rame,rmeans for driving said beltI and adjusting .the conveyer longitudinally, and 5 means for depositing material onto said con- Witnesses:

veyer. C. W. COMSTOCK, In' testimony whereof I have signed this A. MAY CARLIN.

GEORGE H. HULETT. 

